Calls For Moneypoint Offshore Wind Project Timeline To Be Brought Forward

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Clare’s Fianna Fail Senator is calling for the timeline for the planned offshore green energy hub at Moneypoint to be brought forward by several years.

The ESB lodged a planning application for producing offshore wind turbines at the West Clare facility earlier this year, with the intention to begin supplying energy by 2028.

The utility plans to cease electricity generation from coal at Moneypoint by 2025.

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Mountshannon-based Fianna Fail Senator Timmy Dooley says significant State investment would potentially allow the project to be ready well ahead of schedule.

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